European modernity and the arab mediterranean : toward a new philology and a counter-orientalism /
Mallette examines Orientalist philology in southern Europe produced between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth century. Focusing on Italy, Spain, and Malta, she conducts close comparative readings of a wide range of philological narratives to reveal the influences Arab and Islamic traditions have...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
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[2010] ©2010 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Mallette examines Orientalist philology in southern Europe produced between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth century. Focusing on Italy, Spain, and Malta, she conducts close comparative readings of a wide range of philological narratives to reveal the influences Arab and Islamic traditions have had on the development of modern European culture. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780812205268 |
Index Number: | PJ6057 |
CLC: | H370.9 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Scheherazade among the Philologists (Paris, 1704) -- Chapter 2. Metempsychosis: Dante, Petrarch, and the Arab Middle Ages -- Chapter 3. I nostri Saracini: Writing the History of the Arabs of Sicily -- Chapter 4. The Ramparts of Europe: The Invention of the Maltese Language -- Chapter 5. The Life and Times of Enrico Cerulli -- Chapter 6. Amalgams: Emilio Garc a G mez (s. xx), Alvarus (s. ix), and Philology after the Nation -- Chapter 7. Scheherazade at Home (Baghdad, a.d. 803; London and Hollywood, 1939) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |